Receipts from the bookshop a bookseller's year in an English seaside town
Many of us dream of owning a bookshop but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum. Once a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings - mostly people who were actually ho...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
2026.
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| Edition: | First US Edition. |
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| Summary: | Many of us dream of owning a bookshop but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her mum. Once a week, Katie sits behind the counter and chronicles the day's comings and goings - mostly people who were actually hoping to catch her mother. The triumphs here are small but hard-won: a tea crisis averted, a book title correctly identified from a cryptic clutch of clues. Not to mention the emotional rollercoaster of being named the 7th best bookshop in the country by 'The Times' in a week where daily takings came to around £16. 98. Customers appear for a browse and a chat, in search of a recommendation or the perfect gift. Others enter the shop for more unexpected reasons - to borrow a screwdriver, locate a priest or simply to ask if there's 'a nice place for an omelette around here'. Each day brings its own joys and frustrations, though not always in equal measure. |
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| Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780063516625 0063516624 |
